UEFA European Championship awards

At the end of each UEFA European Championship tournament, several awards are attributed to the players and teams which have distinguished from the rest, in different aspects of the game.

Awards

There are currently five post-tournament awards, and one given during the tourney:[1]

  • the Player of the Tournament for best player, first awarded in 1996;
  • the Golden Boot (currently commercially termed adidas Golden Boot) for most prolific goal scorer;
    • the Silver Boot (currently commercially termed adidas Silver Boot) for second-most prolific goal scorer;
    • the Bronze Boot (currently commercially termed adidas Bronze Boot) for third-most prolific goal scorer;
  • the Young Player of the Tournament (currently commercially termed as SOCAR Young Player of the Tournament) for best under 21 years of age at the start of the calendar year, first awarded in 2016;
  • the Man of the Match Award for outstanding performance during each game of the tournament, first awarded in 1996;
  • the Team of the Tournament for best combined team of players at the tournament.

Player of the Tournament

The Player of the Tournament award is presented to the best player at each edition of the UEFA European Championship since 1996.

Edition Player
England 1996 Matthias Sammer
Belgium and Netherlands 2000 Zinedine Zidane
Portugal 2004 Theodoros Zagorakis
Austria and Switzerland 2008 Xavi
Poland and Ukraine 2012 Andrés Iniesta
France 2016 Antoine Griezmann

Golden Boot

The Golden Boot award goes to the top goalscorer of each edition of the UEFA European Championship.

If there is more than one player with the same number of goals, since 2008 the tie-breaker goes to the player who has contributed the most assists. If there is still more than one player, the tie-breaker since goes to the player who has played the least amount of time.

Edition Golden Boot Silver Boot Bronze Boot
Player Goals Player Goals Player Goals
France 1960 Milan Galić
François Heutte
Valentin Ivanov
Dražan Jerković
Viktor Ponedelnik
2 N/A N/A
Spain 1964 Ferenc Bene
Dezső Novák
Jesús María Pereda
2
Italy 1968 Dragan Džajić 2
Belgium 1972 Gerd Müller 4
Yugoslavia 1976 Dieter Müller 4
Italy 1980 Klaus Allofs 3
France 1984 Michel Platini 9
West Germany 1988 Marco van Basten 5
Sweden 1992 Dennis Bergkamp
Tomas Brolin
Henrik Larsen
Karl-Heinz Riedle
3
England 1996 Alan Shearer 5
Belgium and Netherlands 2000 Patrick Kluivert
Savo Milošević
5
Portugal 2004 Milan Baroš 5
Austria and Switzerland 2008 David Villa 4
Poland and Ukraine 2012[2] Fernando Torres 3 goals, 1 assist (189 minutes) Mario Gómez 3 goals, 1 assist (282 minutes) Alan Dzagoev 3 goals, 0 assist (253 minutes)
France 2016[3] Antoine Griezmann 6 goals, 2 assists (555 minutes) Cristiano Ronaldo 3 goals, 3 assists (625 minutes) Olivier Giroud 3 goals, 2 assists (456 minutes)

Young Player of the Tournament

The Young Player of the Tournament award is presented to the best player in the tournament who is at most 22 years old. For the UEFA Euro 2016, this meant that the player had to have been born on or after 1 January 1994. The award was first given out in 2016.

Edition Player Age
France 2016 Renato Sanches 18

Man of the Match Award

The Man of the Match award picks the outstanding player in every game of the tournament since 1996.[4][5]

UEFA European Championship Most Man of the Match wins Wins
1996 England Hristo Stoichkov
David Seaman
Matthias Sammer
Karel Poborský
2
2000 Belgium / Netherlands Erik Mykland
Thierry Henry
Luís Figo
Zinedine Zidane
Francesco Totti
2
2004 Portugal Michael Ballack
Ruud van Nistelrooy
Milan Baroš
Theodoros Zagorakis
Zinedine Zidane
2
2008 Austria / Switzerland Wesley Sneijder
David Villa
Andrey Arshavin
2
2012 Poland / Ukraine Andrés Iniesta
Andrea Pirlo
3
2016 France Dimitri Payet
Antoine Griezmann
Cristiano Ronaldo
Renato Sanches
Eden Hazard
Andrés Iniesta
Granit Xhaka
2

Total awards
As of 10 July 2016

Rank Player Country MoM Euros with awards
1 Andrés Iniesta Spain62008, 2012, 2016
2 Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal52008, 2012, 2016
3 Andrea Pirlo Italy42008, 2012
Zinedine Zidane France2000, 2004
5 Michael Ballack Germany32004, 2008
Luís Figo Portugal2000, 2004
Zlatan Ibrahimović Sweden2004, 2008, 2012
Mesut Özil Germany2012, 2016
Pepe Portugal2008, 2012, 2016

Team of the Tournament

The Team of the Tournament is a team of the best performers at each respective UEFA European Championship edition. From 1960 until 1992, only 11 players were chosen. In 1996, this was increased to 18 players, and in 2000 it was increased to 22 players. From 2004 until 2012, 23 players were chosen. In 2016, the format was changed back to 11 players.[6]

Edition Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards
France 1960
(11 player squad)
Lev Yashin Vladimir Durković
Ladislav Novák
Igor Netto
Josef Masopust
Valentin Ivanov
Dragoslav Šekularac
Bora Kostić
Slava Metreveli
Milan Galić
Viktor Ponedelnik
Spain 1964
(11 player squad)
Lev Yashin Feliciano Rivilla
Dezső Novák
Ferran Olivella
Ignacio Zoco
Amancio Amaro
Valentin Ivanov
Jesús María Pereda
Ferenc Bene
Flórián Albert
Luis Suárez
Italy 1968
(11 player squad)
Dino Zoff Mirsad Fazlagić
Giacinto Facchetti
Bobby Moore
Albert Shesternyov
Dragan Džajić
Angelo Domenghini
Sandro Mazzola
Ivica Osim
Geoff Hurst
Luigi Riva
Belgium 1972
(11 player squad)
Yevhen Rudakov Revaz Dzodzuashvili
Paul Breitner
Murtaz Khurtsilava
Franz Beckenbauer
Herbert Wimmer
Uli Hoeneß
Günter Netzer
Jupp Heynckes
Gerd Müller
Raoul Lambert
Yugoslavia 1976
(11 player squad)
Ivo Viktor Ján Pivarník
Ruud Krol
Franz Beckenbauer
Anton Ondruš
Jaroslav Pollák
Rainer Bonhof
Dragan Džajić
Antonín Panenka
Zdeněk Nehoda
Dieter Müller
Italy 1980
(11 player squad)
Dino Zoff Claudio Gentile
Karlheinz Förster
Gaetano Scirea
Hans-Peter Briegel
Jan Ceulemans
Marco Tardelli
Bernd Schuster
Hansi Müller
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Horst Hrubesch
France 1984
(11 player squad)
Harald Schumacher João Pinto
Karlheinz Förster
Morten Olsen
Andreas Brehme
Fernando Chalana
Jean Tigana
Michel Platini
Alain Giresse
Frank Arnesen
Rudi Völler
West Germany 1988
(11 player squad)
Hans van Breukelen Giuseppe Bergomi
Frank Rijkaard
Ronald Koeman
Paolo Maldini
Ruud Gullit
Jan Wouters
Giuseppe Giannini
Lothar Matthäus
Marco van Basten
Gianluca Vialli
Sweden 1992
(11 player squad)
Peter Schmeichel Jocelyn Angloma
Laurent Blanc
Andreas Brehme
Jürgen Kohler
Stefan Effenberg
Ruud Gullit
Thomas Häßler
Brian Laudrup
Marco van Basten
Dennis Bergkamp
England 1996
(18 player squad)[7]
David Seaman
Andreas Köpke
Radoslav Látal
Laurent Blanc
Marcel Desailly
Matthias Sammer
Paolo Maldini
Didier Deschamps
Steve McManaman
Paul Gascoigne
Rui Costa
Karel Poborský
Dieter Eilts
Alan Shearer
Hristo Stoichkov
Davor Šuker
Youri Djorkaeff
Pavel Kuka
Belgium and Netherlands 2000
(22 player squad)[7]
Francesco Toldo
Fabien Barthez
Lilian Thuram
Laurent Blanc
Marcel Desailly
Alessandro Nesta
Fabio Cannavaro
Paolo Maldini
Frank de Boer
Patrick Vieira
Zinedine Zidane
Luís Figo
Rui Costa
Edgar Davids
Demetrio Albertini
Pep Guardiola
Thierry Henry
Patrick Kluivert
Nuno Gomes
Raúl
Francesco Totti
Savo Milošević
Portugal 2004
(23 player squad)[8]
Petr Čech
Antonios Nikopolidis
Ashley Cole
Sol Campbell
Ricardo Carvalho
Traianos Dellas
Olof Mellberg
Giourkas Seitaridis
Gianluca Zambrotta
Frank Lampard
Michael Ballack
Luís Figo
Maniche
Pavel Nedvěd
Theodoros Zagorakis
Zinedine Zidane
Wayne Rooney
Milan Baroš
Henrik Larsson
Jon Dahl Tomasson
Ruud van Nistelrooy
Angelos Charisteas
Cristiano Ronaldo
Austria and Switzerland 2008
(23 player squad)[9]
Gianluigi Buffon
Iker Casillas
Edwin van der Sar
José Bosingwa
Philipp Lahm
Carlos Marchena
Pepe
Carles Puyol
Yuri Zhirkov
Hamit Altıntop
Luka Modrić
Marcos Senna
Xavi
Konstantin Zyryanov
Michael Ballack
Cesc Fàbregas
Andrés Iniesta
Lukas Podolski
Wesley Sneijder
Andrey Arshavin
Roman Pavlyuchenko
Fernando Torres
David Villa
Poland and Ukraine 2012
(23 player squad)[10]
Gianluigi Buffon
Iker Casillas
Manuel Neuer
Gerard Piqué
Fábio Coentrão
Philipp Lahm
Pepe
Sergio Ramos
Jordi Alba
Steven Gerrard
Daniele De Rossi
Xavi
Andrés Iniesta
Sami Khedira
Sergio Busquets
Mesut Özil
Andrea Pirlo
Xabi Alonso
Mario Balotelli
Cesc Fàbregas
Cristiano Ronaldo
Zlatan Ibrahimović
David Silva
France 2016
(11 player squad)[11]
Rui Patrício Joshua Kimmich
Jérôme Boateng
Pepe
Raphaël Guerreiro
Toni Kroos
Joe Allen
Antoine Griezmann
Aaron Ramsey
Dimitri Payet
Cristiano Ronaldo

All-time Euro XI

In June 2016, ahead of UEFA Euro 2016 in France, UEFA published an All-time Euro XI; the winning team was chosen based on votes cast on EURO2016.com and Twitter. The application featured the 50 players who have made the greatest impact at EURO final tournaments. Nominees had to meet at least two of the following four criteria:[12]

  • Appeared in at least a semi-final
  • Featured in a Team of the Tournament
  • Finished a EURO tournament as top scorer
  • Produced an iconic EURO moment
Goalkeeper
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards

References

  1. "UEFA EURO 2016 at a glance". UEFA. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  2. "Late surge earns Torres adidas Golden Boot". UEFAs. 1 July 2012. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  3. "France forward Antoine Griezmann wins Golden Boot". UEFA.com. UEFA. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  4. Saffer, Paul (10 July 2016). "Iniesta holds off Ronaldo as man of the match master". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 21 May 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  5. "Every EURO man of the match since 1996". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 14 June 2020. Archived from the original on 18 June 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  6. "European Championships - UEFA Teams of Tournament". RSSSF. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  7. "UEFA Euro report" (PDF). UEFA.
  8. "All-Star Squad Revealed". UEFA. 5 July 2004. Retrieved 5 July 2004.
  9. "Spain dominate Team of the Tournament". UEFA. 1 July 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  10. "Ten Spain players in Team of the Tournament". UEFA. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  11. "UEFA EURO 2016 Team of the Tournament revealed". UEFA. 11 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 July 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  12. "Your All-time EURO 11 revealed". UEFA.com. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.